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    "content": "history. For once, they defied cultural barriers. For once, they rose above party dynamics and elected a woman on a URP ticket to represent them . I want to applaud my people. My constituency has been experiencing a lot of insecurity cases. Many people have been murdered; right now I know there are members of my constituency who are not sleeping in their own homes. There are people who cannot open their shops late because they are afraid that they will just be shot the next minute. I want to say that the Government has to increase its efforts to ensure that citizens of this country are protected. It is their fundamental right; everyone needs to be protected. I also want to comment on the issue of the youth and women funds. I do not want to add onto to what has been commented. All that I want to say is that it is commendable and will ensure that more women are involved in economic activities and development of this country as opposed to what has happened in the past. I want to echo what other hon. Members have said, that if we have to get value for money, there is need for this House as we formulate the framework for disbursement of that money; we should ensure that we incorporate mechanisms for capacity building. The youth and women need to be trained on the available alternatives or options that they need to use, such as how to manage the money. They should also have a supervisory team that should monitor to ensure that they do the right thing and put the money into proper use. I want to say that the Presidential Address was silent on the issue of elders. We have the elderly in our communities in this country. You all remember that in the last Government, we had what was called “a pilot project”. There was money that was disbursed through districts to elders on a pilot scheme basis. That also created a lot of discontent among other elders; in some locations, there were elders who were benefiting from that project while others were not. The question is: What is going to happen? What is the present Government---"
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